Marie-Therese Connolly received a B.A. (1981) from Stanford University and a J.D. (1984) from Northeastern University School of Law. She was senior trial counsel (1986-2007) and coordinator of the Elder Justice and Nursing Home Initiative (1999-2007) in the U.S. Department of Justice prior to assuming her current position as director of Life Long Justice at Appleseed. In addition, she has been a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center since 2007.